Subdivision 1.Disqualification; licensing action.

An applicant’s, license holder’s, or other entity’s failure or refusal to cooperate with the commissioner, including failure to provide additional information required under section 245C.05, is reasonable cause to disqualify a subject, deny a license application, or immediately suspend or revoke a license or registration.

Subd. 2.Employment action.

An individual’s failure or refusal to cooperate with the background study is just cause for denying or terminating employment of the individual if the individual’s failure or refusal to cooperate could cause the applicant’s application to be denied or the license holder’s license to be immediately suspended or revoked.

Subd. 3.False statement in connection with a background study.

A child care background study subject shall be disqualified for knowingly making a materially false statement in connection with a background study.